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Keeping traditional Chinese culture alive

After all, you don't see people playing Chinese instruments like the two-stringed erhu or the bamboo flute or writing beautiful calligraphy with brushes dipped in water, like you do in Beijing. In Taiwan, it's more common to [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Cuban Culture Day Concerts

Through a special program that promises great performances this month, plans for the celebration of Cuban Culture Day are being made by the National Center for Concert Music, an institution made up of soloists and groups of that art form [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

SLY CULTURE

You have to hand it to Simi Garewal. She tries. She tries very hard to do what Karan Johar pulls off so effortlessly, that is, getting stars to reveal their secrets on TV. Apparently, in a recently recorded episode of Simi Selects, the la [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Editorial: Boozing culture hurts All Black brand

All Blacks management will be furious about the revelations two of the side's stars, Cory Jane and Israel Dagg, went out on a drunken bender just three days before the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal versus Argentina. Jane and Dagg we [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Culture Club Reopens With A Bang

Culture Club threw its grand reopening party last night, and they certainly did it right! With a Michael Jackson impersonator, non-stop '80s music, and themed drinks like "Vanilla Ice," "Bon Jovi," and "Smurfi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Pop Culture, Wealth Spur Medical Tourism in Asia

Medical tourism is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. SEOUL (Reuters) - It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

No end to Knox as pop culture obsession

Those are the sensational words that have captured mainstream headlines in the United States, Great Britain and Italy during the Amanda Knox saga. On Monday, the buzz phrase was "judgment day." Would the flaxen-haired, photogeni [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Canadian culture for new citizens

New Canadian citizens can now enjoy a number of cultural attractions in the city for free with the Calgary launch of the Cultural Access Pass by the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Initiated in Toronto in 2008, the pass allows new [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Culture management training opens in Accra

Funds allocated to culture is woefully inadequate to support activities and contributions towards national development, Mr Alexander Asum-Ahensah, Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture on Monday said. “The lack o [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Pow Wow opens eyes to Native American culture

The crisp fall air and changing landscape was the perfect backdrop this weekend for the two-day Harvest Pow Wow event held at the Naper Settlement. The 17th annual event was presented by the Midwest SOARRING Foundation, a not-for-profit g [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Comic Culture

Comic Con Express, the travelling version of the Indian Comic Con — the annual comics convention which was held for the first time in Delhi last year — is set to kick off this year in Mumbai in October. The aim is to increase [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Latino culture takes flight with celebrations

The period from September 15th to October 15th is celebrated as the National Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S., celebrating the heritage and culture of the Hispanic and Latino population. "Some people have the misconception that [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

International culture-mix festival on Oct

Nagaland Music Education and Arts Society (NMEAS) formerly known as Chancel Choir Foundation for Performing Arts along with Government of Nagaland as chief patron in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (Ministry of Ex [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Taking Chinese culture to the world

Confucius Institutes not only teach language but also provide a clearer view of the emerging nation BEIJING - With the aim of promoting international cooperation, since 2005 Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) has joined with 17 fo [...]